FORT WESTERN, AUGUSTA ANNOUNCES GENEROUS DONATION

Augusta, Maine - Fort Western Living History Museum, Augusta, ME was the grateful recipient of a generous donation from the Society of Colonial Wars, a social, genealogical and historical organization whose members are descendants of those who assisted the Crown in a Civil or Military capacity prior to the Revolutionary War.

The Society’s representatives, Jim Blanchard and Edwin Garrett of Bar Harbor, ME visited Fort Western on July 22, 2019 to present Director/Curator, Linda Novak, with a check.  The check was a grant from the Society’s national headquarters in Baltimore, MD matching the donation of the local Maine chapter earlier this year.

Blanchard said, “Old Fort Western is a wonderful and important part of our history and we are happy to support it”.  Novak said, “We are very happy to receive this generous donation from the Society of Colonial Wars. This donation will help us to continue our very important work to Preserve, Protect and Interpret Fort Western for the education and enjoyment of present and all future generations”.

Fort Western (1754) is America’s oldest surviving wooden French & Indian War garrison illuminating 300 years of Maine and New England history.  For more information about Fort Western Living History Museum in Augusta, please contact Linda Novak, Director/Curator at 207-626-2385 or visit their website at www.oldfortwestern.org.